Pain from Prussik

[Cloud9climber]

Hi all, well I haven't been climbing long so I am quite a newbie! I started my new job 2 months ago with little climbing experience, I have been climbing pretty much everyday but I am finding I get a pain in the top of my arm/ shoulder area when I'm ascending! Do any of you get some pain when climbing? I am un familiar with different set ups have used a foot ascender sometimes to get up which does help but so just wondered if anyone could give me some advice on something a little more suitable to that doesn't cost the world and will complicate me too much?

 

Thanks in advance

 

 

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[Lukey-Loki]

Is it just in one arm?

I might be stating the obvious but you could try switching hands for a bit.

[raafbeard]

well you could look at a VT or similar set up but think your issue lies with your arm....I am sure if you manage it with appropriate exercising etc it will be fine within another couple of months...if it gets worse you may need to rest it for a while..

[Lukey-Loki]

Do you use a cambium saver? Cambium saver or pulley saver combined with stretching before and after climbing. Keeping an eye on body thrusting technique. Switching hands for a few days to rest the first one while resistance builds up.

 

Maybe some things to think about.

[coleman]

I used to to get it in my elbows, although it took 6-7 yrs to come out. The system i use now is hand over hand and it seems to have sorted it right out!

[testcricket01]

I never gad pain, blisters was the main problem when i started! Im sure its just the fact you havent got the right muscles in the right areas yet. Switching systems wont solve the problem it just switches which muscles i find if im using a hitch with a pulley my forearms kill, i always use a prussik now though and dont ache anywhere.

[coleman]

I never gad pain, blisters was the main problem when i started! Im sure its just the fact you havent got the right muscles in the right areas yet. Switching systems wont solve the problem it just switches which muscles i find if im using a hitch with a pulley my forearms kill, i always use a prussik now though and dont ache anywhere.

 

good point, might still be devolping the right muscles!

[Ian Flatters]

Hi all, well I haven't been climbing long so I am quite a newbie! I started my new job 2 months ago with little climbing experience, I have been climbing pretty much everyday but I am finding I get a pain in the top of my arm/ shoulder area when I'm ascending! Do any of you get some pain when climbing? I am un familiar with different set ups have used a foot ascender sometimes to get up which does help but so just wondered if anyone could give me some advice on something a little more suitable to that doesn't cost the world and will complicate me too much?

 

Thanks in advance

 

 

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Sounds like a minor RSI or just posture thats wrong. Try using a pantin more to reduce strain on your shoulder and keep you body upright. Changing a system might work but the shoulders are used in all systems.

 

Other than that maybe rest it, compression shirt or something someone else may have come up with.

[Stubby]

Swap arms alternately . Its RSI . Goes with the job but do all you can to minimize it . Tje modern guys will have all sorts of alternative gear to mess with !

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Sounds like a minor RSI or just posture thats wrong. Try using a pantin more to reduce strain on your shoulder and keep you body upright. Changing a system might work but the shoulders are used in all systems.

 

Other than that maybe rest it, compression shirt or something someone else may have come up with.

 

What Ian said although I don't know what a compression shirt is.

 

 

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